Global Patent Index - EP 0684730 A1

EP 0684730 A1 19951129 - Imaging apparatus having a signal processing circuit and a solid-state imaging device and method for driving the same.

Title (en)

Imaging apparatus having a signal processing circuit and a solid-state imaging device and method for driving the same.

Title (de)

Bildaufnahmevorrichtung mit einer Signalverarbeitungsschaltung und einem Festkörper-Bildaufnehmer und Steuerverfahren dafür.

Title (fr)

Dispositif de prise de vues avec un circuit de traitement du signal et un dispositif de prise de vues à l'état solide et son procédé de commande.

Publication

EP 0684730 A1 19951129 (EN)

Application

EP 95108084 A 19950526

Priority

JP 11534094 A 19940527

Abstract (en)

A solid-state imaging apparatus includes a solid-state imaging device and a signal processing circuit. The solid-state imaging device includes: a plurality of photoelectric converting sections provided with color filters having different spectroscopic characteristics, and each converting light incident thereon into a charge and accumulating the charge, and a plurality of vertical charge transfer sections for vertically transferring the charge read from each of the photoelectric converting sections. A plurality of reading operations to read the charges accumulated in the photoelectric converting sections to the plurality of the vertical charge transfer sections are performed within a time duration for scanning an image for one image plane, and the charges read from the photoelectric converting sections are transferred through the vertical charge transfer section separately for each of the reading operations. The signal processing circuit includes: a plurality of color separation circuits each for performing color separation of signals based on the charges read by the plurality of reading operations and transferred separately; and a synthesis circuit for synthesizing the signals sent by the color separation circuits and outputting the resultant signal.

IPC 1-7

H04N 3/15; H04N 5/235

IPC 8 full level

H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H04N 5/341 (2011.01); H04N 5/347 (2011.01); H04N 5/355 (2011.01); H04N 5/359 (2011.01); H04N 5/365 (2011.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01); H04N 5/372 (2011.01); H04N 5/3728 (2011.01); H04N 5/376 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 9/07 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

H01L 27/14843 (2013.01 - EP US); H04N 3/15 (2023.08 - US); H04N 23/70 (2023.01 - EP US); H04N 25/136 (2023.01 - EP US); H04N 25/589 (2023.01 - EP US); H04N 25/713 (2023.01 - EP); H04N 25/73 (2023.01 - EP US); H04N 25/71 (2023.01 - EP US)

Citation (applicant)

JP H0287685 A 19900328 - SHARP KK

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0684730 A1 19951129; EP 0684730 B1 20010822; DE 69522260 D1 20010927; DE 69522260 T2 20020110; JP 3156503 B2 20010416; JP H07322147 A 19951208; US 5966174 A 19991012; US 6249314 B1 20010619

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 95108084 A 19950526; DE 69522260 T 19950526; JP 11534094 A 19940527; US 37678899 A 19990818; US 77933397 A 19970106